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2026/04/01

April 1, 2026
A person sits under a tree on a bright sunny day, working at a laptop. The person is sitting on a lush green hill. Above, the sunlight blazes through the leaves, producing a white-yellow glow. In the distance, a purple mountain range sits under a blue sky. This is an interpretation of Apple Computer's first logo, featuring Isaac Newton. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman" in rainbow lettering.

2026/03/31

March 31, 2026
A deep canyon, with craggy reddish cliffs on both sides. The sunlight is coming from the left, turning the upper half of one of the cliffs a bright orange. The sky is heavily cloudy and an eerie yellowish-green. On the left cliff, so close to the edge it looks like it is about to fall off, sits a white three-story house, one side blazing in the late afternoon sunlight. On the darkened side of the house, one window is lit. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/30

March 30, 2026
A dark gray cloudy evening, or maybe early morning. On a small rocky hill in front of an ocean stands a streetlight, looking completely out of place. It casts a dim, pinkish light onto the rocky ground around it. There are no other urban structures to be seen. The ocean is vast and a bioluminescent green. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/29

March 29, 2026
A vast, yellow grassland under a mostly clear blue sky. In the distance is a purple mountain. Long stands of wispy white clouds reach across the sky. In the middle of the grassland is a crooked pole with a red stop sign fixed to it, even though there is no road other than a vague path leading to the sign. A black bird is perched on the pole, with a few other birds high in the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/28

March 28, 2026
A person sits in a glass bubble on top of a gunmetal-green tower. The tower is complex and futuristic,  with various wires and details. The sky behind the tower is pink towards the horizon, fading to a dark blue. The bubble reflects both the pink light towards the horizon and a bluish light from above. There are a few glowing white lights in the sky that don't look like stars. The person is sitting at a desk in the bubble, working at a small retro Macintosh computer. They are illuminated by the white glow of the screen. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/27

March 27, 2026
A figure wearing a suit and tie stands against a blue night sky. Where the figure's arm would be is a hole from which a tree branch is emerging. Where the figure's next would be is another tree branch, on which is sitting an owl with bright yellow eyes. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/26

March 26, 2026
A rusty but still functional industrial facility: an arrangement of several tall smokestacks and pipes sticking out of a building. Orange smoke pours from the smokestacks, contrasting against the blue dusk sky. A door is open on the building, revealing a glowing orange interior. A figure stands in the doorway. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/25

March 25, 2026
A wide green meadow under a blue sky. The meadow is dotted with small white and yellow flowers. There's a blurry gray treeline in the distance. In the foreground, hovering in the air, is a very precise hole in the sky, or maybe in existence itself: a portal that reveals a starry night sky beyond. Hanging down from the sky, attached to something unseen, is a small green exit sign: the green European kind, with a small running figure, and an arrow pointing to the hole. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/24

March 24, 2026
A rough, impressionist painting of a person seeming to step out of a blazing yellow-green haze that make up the entire background of the painting. The person is rendered in garish shades of green, blue, red, and crimson. Its head is covered by a round sticker of a greenish-red smiley-face with X's for eyes. The person has a dark green-tinged halo above its head. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/23

March 23, 2026
A dark, dingy book the size of a multi-story building stands in the middle of a drab gray meadow under a blue-green early evening sky. The book has a doorway without a door, and an upper-story window without glass, and looks like an abandoned building. A few faded graffiti tags are next to the door. Yellow tape is stretched across the doorway. In the window, a dim, ghostly figure can be seen. Two birds are in the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/22

March 22, 2026
A tall, craggy tower of rock with many layers looms up into the greenish light cast by a distant moon. Planted on top of the rock, where no bus could ever travel to, is a small round sign with a bus icon on it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/21

March 21, 2026
A surreal, industrial landscape: a lopsided stack of concrete shapes against a neon green sky. The shapes do not have the precision or symmetry of an industrial facility; they look thrown together haphazardly, with a chaotic collection of tall exhaust pipes bolted onto the back. The result is some sort of facility that looks like it was designed and assembled by a severely disoriented engineer. The concrete is grungy and cracked, with several graffiti tags visible. A small stairway leads down. The topmost box has a round hole and a rod sticking out of it, like a birdhouse. A bird can be seen flying off into the smoggy sky. A few hazy outlines of factories are visible in the distance. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/20

March 20, 2026
A small, childlike person stands on a dark shore or small hillside on a dark, gray night. The ground is heavy with fog. The person holds a glowing lantern that casts a greenish light all around. Looming out of the fog, in front of the person on the shore, is a tall dark figure with a featureless white mask over its face. The mask has no holes. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/19

March 19, 2026
A grassy, bluish-green landscape under a blazing yellow sky. Descending from the sky, attached to a large red balloon, is a blue figure wearing a futuristic space suit. The suit has yellow dots and buttons, and the figure is holding something that looks like a 1950s sci-fi raygun. A few birds circle in the sky in the distance. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/18

March 18, 2026
A figure wearing a dark greenish suit and tie walks in an empty, light blue space. The figure has no hands and no head. Where the figure's head would be is a very large eye with a greenish iris. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/17

March 17, 2026
A full white moon sits in a cloudy night sky. The shadows on the moon are in the form of an eerie smiley-face. The clouds in the sky are in long rows and reflect the moonlight. Below is a dark patch of several pine trees. Walking among the trees is a glowing greenish-white figure. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/16

March 16, 2026
A grassy hill under a blue sky. On top of the hill is a rectangular granite structure with an arched doorway in the middle of it. The doorway reveals a glowing green interior, even though the rectangular structure looks more like a slab than a building. Framed in the doorway, or portal, is a hunched figure with horns and a walking staff. Above the doorway is a black sign with white lettering that says "Downtown", followed by the numbers 4 and 5 in green circles. Anyone familiar with New York City subway signage will probably recognize these. Perched on top of the granite block is a black bird with a green eye. There are a few white clouds in the sky, and a blurry hill in the distance. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/15

March 15, 2026
A dark figure stands in a doorway somewhere in a vast, stone building. The doorway is relatively narrow compared to its height, which reaches up indeterminately. The interior of the room in which the figure stands is dark. The doorway opens onto a hallway, which is brightly illuminated by white light from two very tall, glowing windows. The figure is clutching a dagger and appears to be waiting for someone. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/14

March 14, 2026
A tall, stone Greek letter pi stands against a yellow sky. The letter looks like a monument, and is slightly chipped and cracked. The ground is rocky and purple. There's a blurry yellow treeline in the background. A few birds circle above. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/13

March 13, 2026
A tall, craggy, oblong boulder stands on a small hill at sunset. The sky is pink, with yellow at the horizon. The boulder has a dark purplish color to it. On its darker side are fixed four googly eyes, the kind one would find at a crafts store. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/12

March 12, 2026
A figure in a heavy purple robe stands under a blue evening sky. The figure is mostly unseen, buried under the robe; one skeletal hand is visible, holding a walking stick. Under the hood, where its face would be, is a red icon of a low battery encircled by an Apple-esque charging ring: a gray circle with a short red arc indicating that the charge is low. The robe has a greenish sheen to it. In the distance is a blurry hint of trees. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/11

March 11, 2026
A figure wearing a heavy metal mask walks through a gray field under a gray sky. The mask is tall and rectangular, the dull green of tarnished color, and covers most of the figure's body. It has one eye on the lower part. The upper part is cracked and striated, with a few patches and holes. Above, a few birds circle in the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/10

March 10, 2026
A stack of indecipherable objects sits in a gloomy dull gray netherworld. The objects vaguely resemble tree stumps, although at least one of them looks like bolted-together metal. Two of them have neat, machined holes. Drifting from one of the holes is a wispy glowing entity that looks like a tadpole made of white light. The environment is foggy, and the dim outlines of other stacks can be seen in the background. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/09

March 9, 2026
A figure stands on a craggy dark mountaintop under a dark blue sky. The figure's hand is outstretched, and a glowing whitish-green fireball leaps from it into the sky, casting a glow over everything. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/08

March 8, 2026
A heavy, rusty, iron railroad bridge stands against a blue, mostly cloudless sky. Sticking up from it is a railroad signal. Walking across the bridge is a small light-colored goat. Hanging beneath the bridge, sitting on a swing, is a heavy, black, horned figure with glowing green eyes. A blurry green treeline is visible below, in the background. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/07

March 7, 2026
A huge, boxy machine of some sort is lowered from an unseen source up above in the yellow sky. It is the size of a small house and a dull, metallic gray, with various vents and protrusions that make it look sort of like a generator. On top, it has a small chimney and several antennae. On the sides, it has several orange warning decals. The text on these signs isn't visible, but they have a large smiley-face icon. Standing on the ground, directing at interposition, is a figure wearing an orange helmet and an orange and neon green reflective vest. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/06

March 6, 2026
A small, dark building that looks like an abandoned furnace sits in a dismal green meadow under a dismal green-brown sky. It looks like it is made of cast iron, and has a door with rounded edges. Sticking up from the top of it are two dangerously rickety chimneys. One is slightly larger than the other and looks like it is made from bolted-together scrap metal. The two are fastened together with small metal strips. The building is not abandoned, however: orange light glows between bars on the door, and from a small side window, and dull smoke is coming from the chimneys. Visible in the window is the dark profile of someone inside. A small mailbox sits to the left side of the building. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/05

March 5, 2026
A thin figure paints a giant red devil, comparatively the size of a house, on a gray surface. While the devil's right leg is rough and unfinished, and parts of it have red paint drips, the rest of the devil looks quite realistic and appears to be coming alive. The devil has turned its head and is looking down at the painter, an expression of dark suspicion on its face. The painter has a white halo above its head. A small silver and red paint can sits on the ground. The painting—this painting, the meta-painting, if you will—is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/04

March 4, 2026
A complex landscape of craggy green mountains under an orange dusk sky. Flying over the mountains is a witch on a broomstick, the yellow light from the setting sun glinting off them. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/03

March 3, 2026
A bright red-orange background. Falling from the sky like a safe tossed off a skyscraper is a large, brass-colored cube that looks like it is made of metal or stone. Embossed on the slightly cracked front is a chunky question mark with four bolts around it, like the question boxes in the Mario universe. It is, judging from the size of the person running away from its anticipated point of impact, the size of a small house. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/02

March 2, 2026
A vast, green meadow with small white and yellow flowers dotting it. In the background is a row of trees. In the far distance is a bluish mountain. High in the cloudless sky are two white birds and someone piloting a brightly colored rainbow hang glider. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman."

2026/03/01

March 1, 2026
A simple line drawing of a person with a large body and a small head. The person is wearing a hat with a brim. Their head is the blue Mac OS logo: the classic one that looks like a smiling face logo divided into two blue halves. They are carrying a suitcase with an icon of a small compact Mac on it. On the front of their shirt is a minimalist, colorful painting of a compact Mac. For the most part, though, the composition is a canvas-colored tan. This, as some might recognize, is Mr Macintosh, a drawing initially commissioned by Steve Jobs from the Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon. He wasn't carrying a System suitcase in the original version, though. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

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